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So you know...
Harry potter is a warlock (The proper term for a male which)
Of all poeple you should no... P.S. This will be my only post here.
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12-31-2004, 11:01 AM | #2 | ||
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Not necessarily. There are many terms for users of magic. If someone practices Wicca, they are a witch no matter their gender.
In the world of fantasy, you can craft your own rules. JK Rowling has determined that male magic practitioners are wizards, and females are witches. It's not incorrect at all, and actually, a lot of fantasy novels use this template. I'd go on... but you're not going to post here anyway.
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12-31-2004, 01:46 PM | #3 |
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In terms of British folklore and using the Autherian legands Merlin is a wizard, so it would make sense that Harry is a wizard.
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About that...
That "school" he goes to is for wicths
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Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
So it's for witches and wizards. And throughout the book, Harry's been called a wizard, as have all the other magical boys. It all depends on what the author wants to call them, really. There isn't an "Official" name for a male witch, or if there is, there are a lot of others that are used as well.
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In a fantasy novel, the creator can choose whatever terminology she wants.
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Not yet!
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If they all have the same clases they are all whichs or warlock.
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Also - why would they all be witches and warlocks though? Can't they all be wizards? (Or whatever the word for female wizard is... if there is one) |
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This isn't exactly like Wheel of Time where the magic works differently for men and women.
Why shouldn't they be able to learn the same things? Calling someone a witch, wizard, warloc, mage, magi, mystic, seer, or any other volume of names is just... well... different, some times gender based, ways of calling someone ONE thing: a person able to use magic. |
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I agree with Tessar. She could call all the characters Applecakes, and they could all use the same type of magic. What's in a name?
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01-12-2005, 09:36 AM | #13 |
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hehe Hogwart School for Plums and Applecakes
or something... I don't think this discussion have something valuable. it is just complaints.
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A witch and Warlock are the sme thing. A wizzard has the same name for anybody! I'm not quite disided on mages but a seer is a forton teller and a myistic is one of a sertin religon put is like a preist! You cannot pass!
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Part of the process of writing a story is determing what is reality for that workd that story is set in. And for the world of Harry Potter, female practitioners of magic are witches, and male practitioners are wizards. It's and interesting choice of titles, but it may not mean much other than that there are two different names for the same thing.
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Come on, me9996, what are you, like 9 years old?
Witch, Wizard, Warlock, Sorcerer, Magician, Enchanter(ess), Whatever. They're all essentially synonyms, with denotations that are slightly different. The ones that do imply gender aren't particularly picky - a Warlock can be a Male Witch, or a Male Wizard, or a Male Sorcerer, or a Male Demon!. A witch can be 'any woman with magical powers', which is certainly a good enough opposite-gender synonym for 'wizard', which is 'one who practices magic'. Gah. Get over it already.
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agree with Wayfarer.
and Me, it is just stupid to post the same post 3 times! are you 9 years maybe?
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Perhaps you missed the fact that Me9996 didn't mean to post three times. I've seen it happen to other posters, so I personally am going to give him or her the benefit of the doubt. If you two would bother to check, Me9996 is at least thirteen, not nine, assuming he didn't lie about his age. Considering my own posting history, I can easily believe that he might be thirteen. Lets all calm down a bit here. |
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Let's just leave this discussion. Nothing is being gained from it and it's not worth getting worked up over.
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Thank you!
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But where did you find my age? (Oh yes, my profile ) And I still don't know which computer was bugged! (How did I post three times!?)
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